IFIBYNE   05513
INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGIA, BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Y NEUROCIENCIAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
A chloroplast retrograde signal regulates nuclear alternative splicing
Autor/es:
PETRILLO, E.; GODOY HERZ, M. A.; FUCHS, A.; REIFER, D.; FULLER, J.; YANOVSKY, M. J.; SIMPSON, C. G.; BROWN, J. W. S.; BARTA, A.; KALYNA, M.; KORNBLIHTT, A. R.
Revista:
SCIENCE
Editorial:
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
Referencias:
Año: 2014 vol. 344 p. 427 - 430
ISSN:
0036-8075
Resumen:
Light is a source of energy and also a regulator of plant physiological adaptations. We show here that light/dark conditions affect alternative splicing of a subset of Arabidopsis genes preferentially encoding proteins involved in RNA processing. The effect requires functional chloroplasts and is also observed in roots when the communication with the photosynthetic tissues is not interrupted, suggesting that a signaling molecule travels through the plant. Using photosynthetic electron transfer inhibitors with different mechanisms of action we deduce that the reduced pool of plastoquinones initiates a chloroplast retrograde signaling that regulates nuclear alternative splicing and is necessary for proper plant responses to varying light conditions.